Sunday, August 8, 2010

prognosticate \prog-NOS-ti-keyt\, verb:

1. To forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
2. To provide an indication of future events through actions or signs.

Prognosticate derives from the Latin prognōsticāre, "to tell the future."

Cunty

• A word generally associated and used in gay society. It means an overwhelming feeling of self-conceit or cockiness. Associated with many feelings, usually of being a bitch, cocky, conceited, arrogant, obnoxious and the list goes on.

I'm feeling cunty!

Ohh she is FIERCE!, cunty!

That bitch is being really cunty today...

History

• Macbeth: king of the Scots was killed in battle by Malcolm III; Macbeth had previously killed Malcolm's father, Duncan I, to acquire the throne (1057)
• Tivoli Gardens: one of the world's oldest amusement parks opened in Copenhagen; its founder, Georg Carstensen, pointed out that "when the people are amusing themselves, they do not think about politics" (1843)
• V-J Day: marked Japan's unconditional surrender in World War II (1945)
• Partition of India: led to the creation of India and Pakistan and their independence of British rule (1947)
• Woodstock: rock music festival held near Bethel, New York (not at Woodstock), began, attracting 450,000 people (1969)

Birthdays

• Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821): emperor of France; Irish PM Jack Lynch (1917-1999) and Kenyan statesman Tom Mboya (1930-1969) shared this birth date
• Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832): author of Ivanhoe and "Lochinvar"; plus, writer Edna Ferber (1887-1968)
• Princess Anne (60): member of Britain's royal family
• Ben Affleck (38): actor, State of Play; also, actors Rose Marie (87), Jim Dale (75), Tess Harper (60), Željko Ivanek (53), Debi Mazar (46), Debra Messing (42) and Natasha Henstridge (36)
• Joe Jonas (21): one-third of the Jonas Brothers; musicians Oscar Peterson (1925-2007), Pete York (68) and Jimmy Webb (64) also have birthdays today